compiling from source

Longinus · 02-10-2004, 11:10 PM

im running slack

i have a file : gaim-0.75.tar.gz

how would i extract this and compile it?

Tyir · 02-10-2004, 11:15 PM

do tar xzvf gaim-0.75.tar.gz
then cd gaim directory

then

./configure
make

you should install the program checkinstall, it lets you build a tgz at this point
if you DO have it installed, do (as root)

checkinstall -S

if you DON't (and don't want to install it now)
you can do
make install

i recommend getting checkinstall now though, makes it much cleaner, and easier to upgrade, etc.

Longinus · 02-10-2004, 11:22 PM

thanks for helping me with my problem
and the tip about checkinstall

lol im learning everything thing over again- forgot everything in linux